The northwest face of Annapurna came perfectly into view on the trail from Miristi Khola to Annapurna North Base Camp. The Northwest route completed by Reinhold Messner and Hans Kammerlander in 1985 comes in from the left, goes up the obvious valley skirting the glacier, and reaching the summit via the long summit ridge.
Arrive at the first French Base Camp (4190m) 3 hours after leaving from Miristi Khola camp. The first French Base Camp is in a nice location at the foot of the north Annapurna Glacier next to a beautiful aquamarine glacial lake, the beginning of the Miristi Khola. It's on an area covered with brown covered gray sand and scattered strands of grass.
From the first French Base Camp there was a good view of the rocky north Annapurna glacier leading to the icefall that curves around leading to the north face of Annapurna.
The panoramic view from the first French Annapurna North Base Camp was spectacular from Nilgiri to Tilicho Peak, the Grande Barriere, and, of course, dominating everything Annapurna! “Far above, so high that one had to tilt one’s head backwards to see it, was Annapurna, resplendent, dominating everything.
“The huge north face with all its rivers of ice shone and sparkled in the light. Never had I seen a mountain so impressive in all its proportions. It was a world both dazzling and menacing; the eye was lost in its immensities” (Maurice Herzog, Annapurna).
Annapurna North Base Camp Trekking is only for adventure seekers, Annapurna north base camp trek is technical trekking in Nepal very few peoples have done this trek in past years. In Nepal only Green Valley Nepal Treks organize this adventure trekking till now with help of our experience staffs.
“Trekking route along the Kali Gandaki from Beni to Jomoson with a spur across the Thulobugin Pass (Pass April 27) to the North Annapurna Base Camp. “
